Joben Magooch
Well-known member
Long story short, I'm running out of 9V outputs on my power supply but it does have an 18V output that I'm not presently using. I have a handful of pedals with a charge pump so I'd assume that connecting them to the 18V out of the supply wouldn't be good, but at the same time some of them step up a 9V input to 18V internally - so I'm wondering if there's any cases where I could pull the charge pump and connect directly to an 18V supply.
I know I've seen it mentioned for a few different pedals (that you can pull the pump and run at 9V, at least) but didn't know if there was any hard and fast rule for determining if/when it's doable.
Presently I'm looking specifically at the Son of Ben, Informant, and/or Cleaver. If any of them can have the charge pump left out and ran at straight 18V, I'd be golden...
I know I've seen it mentioned for a few different pedals (that you can pull the pump and run at 9V, at least) but didn't know if there was any hard and fast rule for determining if/when it's doable.
Presently I'm looking specifically at the Son of Ben, Informant, and/or Cleaver. If any of them can have the charge pump left out and ran at straight 18V, I'd be golden...